The death toll from India’s rail disaster rose to 142 on Monday after workers toiled through the night removing victims from the wreckage, with grim warnings that more bodies were trapped inside. There was little hope of finding survivors among the mangled remains of 14 carriages, which came off the ...
US President Barack Obama said he is “not optimistic” about Syria’s future, warning that Aleppo was likely to “fall”. Obama said the Russian and Iranian backing for Syrian government had made the situation untenable for the opposition. “I am not optimistic about the short-term prospects in Syria,” he said Sunday ...
